The queen suppressed her emotions and sat down stiffly.
Sicang turned around and walked towards the row of Dayong envoys. He glanced at Feng Ci. Feng Ci actually understood what he meant and raised his hand to signal. Soon a chamberlain came over and moved his long case to another position and added another one.
, put out a new fruit plate and refreshments in the imperial dining room.
Sicang silently lifted his robe and sat down.
Behind him was Yun Zishu. When he sat down, he looked at Yun Zishu with comforting eyes, and there was an undetectable trace of tenderness in his eyes.
Yun Zishu raised the corner of her mouth slightly and looked at him tacitly.
After Si Cang sat down, Yun Zishu looked up and could see his tall and smooth back. Her mood, which was not affected much at first, was even more inexplicably happy now.
After arriving in Dongyou, she will peacefully accept Sicang's protection for a long time to come, become a truly weak woman, and will be happy with it.
Yun Zishu imagined such a scene and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth with a slight arc.
At this time, King Jing, Wu Jingyi, and Yun Baozhu all had expressions of surprise and uncertainty, especially King Jing. He never thought that Si Cang would be the crown prince of Dongyou. During those years, Si Cang served as the commander of Dayong Shadow Pavilion.
Cang has always held the power of assassination and intelligence, making everyone in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty afraid... How could he be the Prince of Dongyou?
His father also asked him to find a way to get rid of Sicang. Now that he is in Dongyou and Sicang has become the prince of Dongyou, how can he still get rid of him?
Being unable to get rid of Sicang is a trivial matter. What was Sicang's purpose of lurking in the Shadow Pavilion all those years? He and Yun Zishu have known each other for a long time, and they even willingly came to Yun Zishu's side as a personal shadow guard - so Yun Zishu has known it for a long time.
Got his identity?
Thinking of this, King Jing couldn't help but feel his heart sink. He wanted to question but had some scruples, fearing that it would cause dissatisfaction with Emperor Dongyou and the courtiers and affect the marriage between the two countries.
"The conditions for my agreement to return to Dongyou have been made clear to the General Wang before, and I will not make any changes." After Sicang sat down, his voice was cold and unquestionable, "I will not marry anyone other than the legitimate princess of Dayong.
The second wife, whether she is the noble daughter of Dongyou or the Princess of Dayong, so today, while taking advantage of the state banquet, the emperor can choose a new husband for the four girls who came as dowry, and select suitable and unmarried husbands from the families of clan relatives or ministers.
The man proposed marriage for the four of them——"
"Nonsense!" The queen interrupted him sharply before he could finish his words, "The concubine is the concubine they prepared for you, how can you marry someone else?"
Sicang's face was expressionless, his attitude was indifferent and tough.
The queen stared at him without saying a word, thinking that he had been living a difficult life by himself all these years, and that he must have accumulated too much resentment in his heart, so he had to go against her at this time.
So she temporarily suppressed her anger, took a deep breath, and forced herself to put on a decent smile: "It's okay for a prince of a country to only marry one wife, but it's impossible not to have concubines. You may not be ready yet.
We will not force you to accept other women for the time being. We will discuss this matter later."
Sicang said nothing.
"As for these four dowry girls..." The queen turned her eyes slightly, passing over Yun Zishu's face, and slowly looked at Yun Baozhu and the other four, "Let them temporarily live in the Prince's Mansion. Should they stay or get married?"
Let’s go out and talk about it later.”
Sicang flatly refused: "The queen can keep them in the palace or marry them. My palace cannot support so many women."
Yun Baozhu stood up angrily: "We are all the dowry of the legitimate princess. Dowry means entering the prince's house. How can there be any reason to marry others? Is His Highness the prince deliberately humiliating us?"
"Baozhu." King Jing turned his head and said coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about? There is no room for you to speak here! Why don't you sit down?"
Yun Baozhu bit her lip and sat down with a sullen face: "We are also the legitimate daughters of the prince's powerful ministers' family. How dare Dongyou humiliate us like this? His Royal Highness King Jing, as the Prince of Dayong, is just watching helplessly?"
If she had said these words in Dayong, she would never have dared to say them out. After all, she dared to yell at Yun Zishu because Yun Zishu had never been favored. Even so, confronting Yun Zishu made her suffer a lot.
Second loss.
Prince Jing is a prince with real power, how can Yun Baozhu dare to quarrel with him?
However, now that they are in Dongyou, the Queen wants to assign them to marry others at will. If she doesn't fight for her rights while King Jing is still there, she will be more out of her control after they are gone and will be manipulated by others.
Yun Baozhu stared at Yun Zishu's back with resentment in her eyes. She never expected that Sicang, who had always been silent beside Yun Zishu, was actually the Prince of Dongyou.
No wonder she has always been confident. It turns out she already knew the truth?
What a scheming little bitch.
Yun Baozhu knew before that Si Cang was good-looking, but after all he was a lowly Shadow Guard. No matter how good-looking he was, it was useless. Now that he had transformed into the Prince of Dongyou, he naturally had to keep a tight grip on him. How could he take advantage of Yun Zishu?
one person?
"The Queen." King Jing bowed slightly, his attitude always gentle and polite, "The four Baozhus are all the concubines of the true princess. According to the agreement and unwritten rules negotiated by the two countries, the four of them should marry with the true princess.
When you enter the prince's palace, there is no such thing as being betrothed to someone else, and I hope the queen will learn from it."
Wu Jingyi looked pale, lowered her head, and was about to cry: "My daughter has been taught from childhood to adulthood. This time, the only husband who comes to dowry is the Crown Prince Dongyou. If the prince insists on marrying my daughter to another man,
The only way I can express my will is to die and to preserve my innocence."
Yun Zishu sat quietly, looking at the tea cup on the table with lowered eyebrows. Listening to her aggrieved and forbearing tone, the corners of her lips raised in a faint arc.
In fact, she didn't mind letting Yun Baozhu and Wu Jingyi enter the Prince's Mansion, and she didn't mind living with them under the same roof. She didn't even decide to betroth Tang Qiao and Gu Qingyan to others so early.
Dongyou is unknown to them, and their situation is unclear. Choosing the wrong husband will ruin their lives. Tang Qiao and Gu Qingyan did not feel sorry for Yun Zishu, so naturally she would not watch them jump into the fire pit.
As for Wu Jingyi and Yun Baozhu, they are easier to deal with because they are under their own noses. What a pity these two people think that they can become monsters after entering the prince's house, so that Sicang can look at them twice?
Little did they know that after entering the Prince's Mansion, they no longer even had the chance to speak loudly.
"I have the same idea as Prince Jing." The queen raised her eyes slightly and looked precisely in the direction of Yun Zishu, "Princess, these four people are your dowry, and they should also be the prince's concubines.
, betrothal to others is inevitably a bit against the rules, can the princess accept them into the palace?"